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Breach at Equifax May Impact 143M Americans

Summary: Equifax said a data breach discovered on July 29, 2017 may have affected 143 million Americans, exposing Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver's license numbers, along with credit card numbers for roughly 209,000 U.S. consumers and dispute documents with personal identifying information for about 182,000 more. The company said attackers exploited an application vulnerability to reach certain files, did not name the application or flaw, and pointed consumers to equifaxsecurity2017.com to check exposure and enroll in TrustedID Premier through Nov. 21, 2017.

Key Takeaway: The data at risk covers nearly half the U.S. population, and the reporter found the lookup site returned the same 'come back Sept. 13' response for a made-up last name as for his own - so the tool meant to tell 143 million people whether they were exposed may not answer the question at all.

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